ADDITIONAL NOTES:renewed through the 2018-19 season (the show's 17th) on 5/14/18

DESCRIPTION:(from Bravo's press release, October 2018) Bravo Media's "Project Runway" has tapped supermodel and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss as the host along with former "Project Runway" champion and celebrated CFDA fashion designer Christian Siriano as the mentor for the newly rebooted Emmy Award-winning franchise. Kloss will also serve as executive producer. In addition, ELLE Editor-in-Chief Nina Garcia returns to the series, joined by famed fashion designer Brandon Maxwell and journalist and former Teen Vogue Editor-in-Chief Elaine Welteroth as judges. The announcement was made today by Shari Levine, Executive Vice President, Current Production, Bravo. The series is currently in pre-production and will premiere in 2019. "As someone who grew up watching 'Project Runway,' I could not be more excited to host and produce a series that provides a platform to aspiring American designers as they pursue their creative and entrepreneurial dreams," said Kloss, "I am equally as thrilled to work alongside an incredibly talented group of fashion innovators - Brandon Maxwell, Elaine Welteroth, Nina Garcia and Christian Siriano - to inspire, support and help guide these designers as they realize their visions and build everlasting brands and businesses." "'Project Runway'" has offered such wonderful opportunities for so many and I'm excited to take on this role as a mentor," said Siriano. "I hope to guide and inspire the new talent on the rise." "These are the perfect faces for the new 'Project Runway,' as we recalibrate for a new generation of fashion enthusiasts," said Levine, "They are entrepreneurs and trailblazers with tremendous reach inside and outside the fashion industry, and give Bravo and our producing partners, Magical Elves and Lantern Entertainment, the right fuel to reenergize the franchise."